This picturesque island graveyard is the final resting place of dozens of notorious pirates.

Erosion and various mineral deposits give this striking canyon its distinct color and soft appearance.

Once a menacing challenge for trailblazers, this trail is now the most scenic drive in Utah.

Sandstone rock formations that look like they belong on the cover of a progressive rock album.

One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.

This small group of sand dunes manages to pack in a strange rainbow of colors.

This Hawaiian cattle ranch acts as a museum devoted to the island cowboys that predate the wild west.

The small cliffside monastery known as the Tiger's Nest is said to be the meditation site of an 8th-century Buddhist master.

Someone left a Boeing 737 in a field in southern Bali.

Celebrate the history of the rich and truly misunderstood relationship between man and pigeon.

Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.

An eclectic sculpture park rises atop a giant pile of ashes in Sweden.

This magnificent stepwell is designed as an inverted temple and adorned with 1,500 sculptures.

The palace of the King of Kings, burned by Alexander the Great.

A whimsical village of unique treehouses resides in a Washington forest.

This abandoned fishing settlement may well be the greenest village in the world.

A strange rock with a sinister reputation lurks within the crimson waters of this Scottish glen.

A long spiraling walkway winds through the woods, and around a copper beech tree at the center.

Hidden beneath the famous St. Peter's Basilica is a veritable city of the dead that may hold the remains of St. Peter himself.

This ancient fortress in Iran was once the oldest and largest treasury in the world.

Moss and stone turn this waterfall into an otherworldly liquid veil.

The “Thumb” of Mauritius provides a 360 degree view of the entire country.

Duluth mineral magnates built this charming art deco lodge to be their private clubhouse.

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."